Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 17, 1985No. 67093PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, Judge.
Defendant Samuel S. Johnson was convicted of forcible rape in violation of § 566.030, RSMo Supp.1983 and was sentenced as a persistent offender to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 30 years. We granted transfer of the case from the court of appeals to consider defendant’s contention that the entire prosecuting attorney’s office was disqualified from prosecuting him because a nonparticipating assistant prosecutor was a witness for the State. We affirm.
The victim in this case, E.A., was the seventh woman raped in a short period of time in the Westport area of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by42 opinions
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